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Hosted by Unknown Host · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 21 episodes
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The Family Business Experience is a podcast produced by the Center for Family Business at Penn State Behrend, sponsored by Zac Wild of Edward Jones. This insightful series explores the unique challenges and opportunities faced by family-owned businesses in northwestern Pennsylvania.Each episode features:- Interviews with seasoned family business owners- Discussions on navigating family dynamics in a business setting- Strategies for long-term success and sustainability
Unknown Host hosts The Family Business Experience, a business show with 21 episodes published.
In this episode, we sit down with Chris Lantinen and Brandon Borgia of Borgia Art Studios to talk about Northwest PA Made—a nine‑month accelerator that is reshaping how artists and makers grow their businesses in our reg
In this episode of the Family Business Experience, we sit down with Mike Malley, third‑generation leader of Malley’s Chocolates, a 90‑plus‑year icon in Northeast Ohio. Mike shares the origin story that began in Meadville
This episode features Jordan Fuller of the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership in a conversation about where multi‑generation family businesses and early‑stage startups actually overlap. Jordan explains how prog
This episode features a conversation with Michelle Izbicki of the Barber National Institute and Heather Evans of Port Erie Plastics about how Supported Employment creates meaningful work for individuals with disabilities
This episode features a conversation with Kevin DiGilio, founder of KMD Technology Solutions and spin‑off AIBI, on how a highly technical software company unexpectedly grew into a multigenerational family enterprise. Kev
In this episode, we sit down with James Bly, Managing Director of Family Enterprise Business Services at EY, to talk about what the next 40–50 years will look like for family business heirs. James explains why the post‑W
In this episode, we sit down with Steve and Nate Jones of Ron Jones Hardwood, a multi‑generation hardwood lumber company rooted in northwestern Pennsylvania. Steve shares how his father Ron launched the business in 1983,
When Tom Tredway moved back to Erie to join his family’s plastics company, he walked straight into a crisis: the bank dropped them, 60% of their business had disappeared offshore, and his dad was asking if it was time to
What if Erie could keep more of its own tax dollars working here at home? In this episode, host Jacob Jones sits down with Brian Polito, Executive Director of the Erie CRIZ Authority, to unpack how the City Revitalizatio
In this episode, host Jacob sits down with Casey Lucas Szumigala, founder and owner of Click Pragmatics, to dive into the messy, emotional, and absolutely necessary communication that keeps family businesses alive. Casey
Strategic investment is turning Erie from a legacy manufacturing town into a modern innovation hub, and this episode dives into the people and partnerships making it happen. Today’s conversation spotlights the Erie Revi
Fourth‑generation owner Shane Reese joins Zach and Jacob to share the nearly 100‑year story of General Exterminating, an Erie‑based pest control company that began with his great‑grandfather’s Depression‑era decision to
A 21-year-old buying a family machine shop sounds like a movie plot—but for Andrew “Andy” Reinwald, it was real life. In this episode, Andy shares how he purchased Ripley Machine from his grandfather and then led it thro
In this episode, Jacob sits down with Ryan Parker from Penn State Behrend’s Office of Community and Workforce Programs to talk about how local and family-owned businesses can tap into powerful training and talent resourc
Ben Davis, co‑owner of Gene Davis Sales and Service in Erie, Pennsylvania, joins Zach and Jacob to share how a small regional steel supplier transformed into a vertically integrated fabrication “powerhouse” while staying
What happens when a dental hygienist with a knack for conversation follows her heart and builds a real estate powerhouse with her family? Join Zach and Jacob as they sit down with Marsha Marsh of Marsha Marsh Real Estate
Join Zach and Jacob as they sit down with Brian Rubin, third-generation president of Erie Cotton, a pioneering textile recycling company with roots dating back to 1946. In this episode, Brian shares the fascinating histo
Step inside the century-old legacy of Erie’s Waldameer Park as Zach and Jacob sit down with Brian Gorman, Chief Operating Officer and fourth-generation family member. From its origins as a trolley company picnic spot in
In this episode, we welcome Matt Totzke, CEO of Big Ideas Learning, a leading K-12 mathematics publisher based in Erie, Pennsylvania. Matt shares his journey from starting as an intern at Larson Texts to leading one of t
In this episode we talk with Katherine Dahlkemper about the history of her families business and what it is like to be a new owner in the business. Katherine is the third-generation jeweler and co-owner of Dahlkemper Jew
Heather Evans
Singer/Songwriter, Artist Coach, Podcast Host · Port Erie Plastics
1 appearance on this show
Steve Jones
record-setting high school football coach, educator, and executive coach · Cornerstone Counseling Center
1 appearance on this show
Nate Jones
Author, Actor, Latter Day Saint · Fieldcraft Survival
1 appearance on this show
Ryan Parker
Director of Marketing, Trivest Partners · Penn State Behrend’s Office of Community and Workforce Programs
1 appearance on this show
Ben Davis
Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Toledo Law School · Mississippi State University
1 appearance on this show
Brian Gorman
Chief Operating Officer · TransformingLives.Coach
1 appearance on this show
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